A Lasting Confidante

Favorite Quote:"A person's life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened." — Albert Camus

My aunt Vivianna Was in love with roosters She had rooster clocks and rooster plates rooster portraits, rooster tablecloths and a rooster cookie jar. Even the salt-and-pepper shakers were rooster-shaped. I’m sure her favorite though, was her pet rooster. Such a colorful cockerel, all red and orange with blackish hues. At the break of dawn you could hear him cry out, shouting nonsense, tail glistening from the morning dew, waking everyone with a mischievous grin. Me watching the shadow streaked walls, as the morning sun warmed my then young eyelids, coercing them open with every shout of his voice. He loved to complain and whine, like a toddler begging for attention. He used to jump on her lap and ruffle his feathers while she pet him and told him about her day, he’d always listen content to be her keeper. And then, One day, He died. and she didn’t know if she would live but she did. And she bought rooster collector’s items, rooster bobble heads. As a child, she told me stories of myth and legend, And of the legendary little rooster, the Zeus of the chicken world. Strong, brave, and wonderfully far from perfect. He was the daring devious devil of chickens fulfilling the dreams of dreamers, at no matter what cost. and I told her all my stories and all my secrets. I would sit and cry and laugh all night if need be. She never told a soul. She used to say, “Roosters are the perfect confidantes, they can only tell the hens.” Then I grew older A little taller A little less wise and One day I just stopped talking confiding trusting her. I grew older A little taller Even less wise and decided to stop remembering. Pretty soon, she just, disappeared forgotten, as soon as that first rooster crowed as quick as dusk turns to dawn.

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